I just got back from a week and a half trip to Japan to prepare for an upcoming Japan lean study trip I’m leading on behalf of the Ohio State University. Any reason to visit […]
What is the best way to learn a process? Practice on yourself! After three years of conversations and visits with each other in Japan, the U.S. and Europe, Mr. Isao Yoshino and I both had […]
How are you thinking about setting your goals for the new year? What are your intentions for 2018? What is important to you and how will you point yourself in the right direction to achieve […]
Last week I had the pleasure of participating in the European Lean Educator Conference (ELEC2017) held in Nijmegen, the Netherlands. After not having been to Europe for over six years, it was exciting to have […]
I have come to believe, through my personal practice and learning from mentors (including Margie Hagene, Isao Yoshino, John Shook, and others) that asking effective questions is THE fundamentally most important leadership habit to create if […]
When I was back in Japan last month for a visit – my second visit since moving back to the U.S. in June 2016 – I spent the day with my friend and Toyota mentor, […]
I just got back from a 9-day trip to Japan and it was everything I hoped it would be from both a personal and professional perspective. I wanted to share some of professional reflections here, with a […]
What was the thinking that led up to the development of the Toyota Way in 2001? I asked my friend Mr. Isao Yoshino, a 40-year Toyota leader, this question and he shared his thinking with me […]
I just spent most of this week unloading boxes of our life from the sea container that just arrived form Japan and the storage unit of everything we didn’t take with us. Suffice to say, I now have […]
Leadership lessons in Toyota City – this time at Toyota Memorial Hospital Immediately after writing a post on the train asking for your questions, I met my friend Mr. Isao Yoshino and we drove an hour to […]
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